Customs By-Laws 2023
59Used or second-hand passenger motor vehicles (item 37)
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59 Used or second-hand passenger motor vehicles (item 37)
By-law (1) This section may be cited as Customs By‑law No. 2300101. Prescribed goods (2) For the purposes of item 37, goods to which that item applies are goods for which both of the following apply: (a) the goods are passenger motor vehicles classified under tariff heading 8703; (b) the goods are either used or second-hand. Conditions (3) Item 37 applies to those goods covered by subsection (2) subject to the condition that the Minister administering Part 5 of the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 has given, in writing, an import approval (within the meaning of those Rules) for the purposes of section 76 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018. Definitions (4) In this section:
Passenger motor vehicles means motor cars and other motor vehicles (including station wagons) designed for the carriage of 2 or more persons (including the driver), other than:
(a) ambulances;
(b) hearses;
(c) police vans;
(d) amphibious vehicles; or
(e) off-road vehicles.